Well.. I looked online at the program and saw how the lines were set up. I can sort of see how this would make reading the patch a bit eaiser, but you have to think, if you're making a patch that's got a command going to several different objects and you're pressed for space, then you're going to have a lot of cables very close to one another. if you have segmented lines stretching across the patch, and bending like they are in those schematics, it'd get very confusing to read. that might be where the color can come in... what did you mean by "easier to make"? does this express pcb just make circuit diagrams, or does it also show you what your schematic will do (ie if you have blinking LED's, can you run it and it show you blinking LEDs)?
-Robert
-----Original Message----- From: federico [mailto:xaero@inwind.it] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:20 PM To: robertgarvin@bellsouth.net; jsynthlib-list Subject: Re: [PD] colored/swooping cables
robertgarvin@bellsouth.net wrote:
I was looking around online and saw this website: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/ if you scroll down to the "velocity" category, and click on cables, it bring up a very interesting idea. Is there an extern that makes one of the following:
- colored cables (in the main window, not some gui thing. but in the place where most patches are normally made).
OR 2. Swooping cables (i think this would be rather bothersome though, having cables swoop all over the place, etc.) thanks, Robert
i would prefer "intelligent cables".
this is a feature that PCB software has (tools for designing circuits). given a netlist (here, a collection of inlets) with nodes that should be connected together, the program find the best path for each connection, i.e. by following a grid. (there are well known algorithms about this)
this "best" path should be a segmented (or bezier, or exp, or ...) line that try to not accross wires nor objects, to make reading (and MAKING) a patch easier, especially in the cases of many->one inlet or vice-versa (or other situations i don't remember ;)).
what do you think about it?
hi robert,
Am Montag 07 März 2005 22:50 schrieb robertgarvin@bellsouth.net: [...snip...]
lines stretching across the patch, and bending like they are in those schematics, it'd get very confusing to read. that might be where the color
well, that depends. in pcb software, you have not only bended wires, but you also have junctions on those wires. that means, a wire runs up to a certain place or object, and then (or inbetween) splits away to another wire. that is expressed by placing a big dot over that junction (in europe, at least. american schematics are a bit different). wires with no "interconnection" are just as usual, simply crossing.... (in the schematic capture, of course. pcb design is different)
can come in... what did you mean by "easier to make"? does this express pcb just make circuit diagrams, or does it also show you what your schematic will do (ie if you have blinking LED's, can you run it and it show you blinking LEDs)?
yes, there are similar applications for that too. for example http://developer.berlios.de/projects/ksimus/
altough normal schematic capture and pcb design software is morer less just a drawing program, there are also programs to simulate those networks (spice or pspice for example). some applications implement such a simulation in the capture process, so you could think of a pd for electronics, somehow ;-)
-Robert
greets,
chris
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